New records of beetles from families Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Hydraenidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Scirtidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from the North Caucasus Author Prokin, A. A. Author Sazhnev, A. S. text Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 2019 15 1 49 53 http://dx.doi.org/10.23885/181433262019151-4953 journal article 10.23885/181433262019151-4953 2713-1785 8145606 Contacyphon variabilis (Thunberg, 1787) Material. KBR, Chereksky Distr.: 1 ex. , Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 1, 43°06′03″N / 43°29′24″E , 6.06.2018 ( A.S.Sazhnev ) ; 1 ex. , Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 2, 43°05′52″N / 43°28′41″E , 7.06.2018 ( A.A. Prokin ) ; 1 ex. , Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 3, 43°05′49″N / 43°28′44″E , 8.06.2018 ( A.A. Prokin ) ; 2 ex. , same locality, 27.09.2018 ( A.A. Sazhnev ) ; 20 ex. , “ Ushtulu ” narzan mire, 42°58′29″N / 43°20′05″E , 21.09.2018 ( A.S. Sazhnev , D.A. Philippov ) . Distribution. Europe, Belarus , Ukraine , European part of Russia , Asian Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Mongolia , West and East Siberia, Far East of Russia , Japan ; Nearctic, Neotropical and Australian regions (introduced) [ Bousquet et al., 2013 ; Klausnitzer, 2016 ]. In the North Caucasus the species is recorded from Adygea [ Nikitsky, Shapovalov, 2010 ] and Krasnodar Region [ Maksimenkov, 1995 ]. The first records for Kabardino-Balkaria.